Machine for measuring and marking fabrics.



1.H.H0FFMAN. MACHINE FOR MEASUHING AND MAKING FABRICS.

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MACHINE FOR MEASURING AND MAKING FABRICS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26. IQIB- 1,287,314. Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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JOHN HENRY HOFFMAN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 THEO. TIEDEMANN &SONS, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

.MACHINE FOR MEASURING AND MARKING FABRICS.

' Kings, and State of New York, have invented 'a certain new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Measuring and Marking Fabrics, of which thefollowing. is a speciication. v

.This invention relates to a machine for measuring and marking fabrics,sfuch as piece goods, tapes, ribbons, or other like merchandise, and hasfor its object to provide an apparatus with which pieces of fabric orthe like vcan be readily and expeditiously measured and marked indesired lengths, thus obviating the necessity of laboriously measuringeach piece of material into the lengths required for cert-ain uses.v

With this, and other objects which may i hereinafter appear, yin view, lhave devised the particular arrangement of arts hereinyafter set forthand `more particu arly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is todbe had to the accompanying drawings, forming a parthereof, in

which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a machine for measuring and4marking fabrics embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a sectional viewl on the line 2-2 of Fig. '1, looking in the fdirection of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the mechanism forelevating the color applying roller and color trough;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the marking bladesand the means l for regulatingthe adjustment of Ithe same;

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Fig. 5 1s a plan view-of a portion of one of the marking blades and theadjusting mechanism therefor.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar lparts. y Y A In'the preferred embodimentof my invention, as indicated inthe accompanying drawings, 1 indicatesthe frame of the machine which may be of any suitable orline ordimensions to meet requirements.

Specification of Letters IPatent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

, Application led July 26, 191B. Serial No. 246,858.

Journaled in suitable bearings in the frame is the main shaft 2. Thisshaft 2 carries a roller 3. On one end of the shaft 2 is xed a pulley 4which rotates the shaft 2 by means of a belt-5 extending from a motor orany other suitable driving mechanism.

Fixed on the shaft 2 is a sprocket 6 and this sprocket drives a marking`roller 7 and an auxiliary winding roller 8 by means of a chain 9 whichpasses over sprockets on the rollers 7 and 8. The auxiliary windingroller 8 is fixed on a shaft 10 extending transversely of the frame andthis roller 8` is adjacent the roller 3. Resting on top yof the rollers3 and 8 is an auxiliary roller 11,

Aand the rollers 3, 8 and 11 allow the fabric to pass between them inthe manner shown in Fig. 2 which will be hereinafter further described.1 y

The roller 11 can be lifted vertically when it is desired to pasf *hefabric lbetween it-and the rollers 3 and 8, as it is mounted at each ofits vends to rotate in a vertical member 12 of the frame, which isslotted as at 13 to receive the shaft 14 of the roller 11.

The marking roller 7 is mounted on the upper side of the frame 1 'insuitable bearings 15. This roller 7 receives the marking preparation orcolor from a color distributing roller 16 which is mounted in bearings17 in the color-holding trough 18. This trough 1S is provided at each'end with a bracket 1,9 to which is pivotally fixed by the crum for thesame, whereby the roller 16 which receives the color 23 from thc trough,is constantly kept in contact with the marking roller 7 by means of theweights 24, one of which depends from the free end of each lever 21.

The rotatable marker 25 is mounted on top of the frame 1 at one of 1t-sends. This marker 25 is mounted on .a shaft 2G extending transversely ofthe machine and parallel to the various rollers heretofore referred to.The shaft 26 is mounted in suitable bearings 27 and these Ibearings areadjustable on the frame 1 by means of set screws 28a whereby the markermay be brought nearer to or farther away from the' marking roller 7 whenthe device is' adjusted to measure and mark various sizes.

Fixed on the shaft 26 are disks 2S, and projecting radially from thesedisks are rods 29. Connecting these rods 29 are the mark- -ing blades30. These. blades 30 have seradjustably brackets 3l which embrace theends 29 and vadjacent the machine.

these ybrackets 31 are clamped to the rod 2S.) by means of set screws 32whereby the blades may be securely held in any desired position.

F rom the foregoing the operation ot my improved measuring and markingdevice Will be readily understood. rl`he roll or piece of material to bemeasured and marke-l may be placed in any desired position on or Thematerial 34 passes over a rod extending transversely of the machine andthence passes about the marker 25, being` supported on the blades il()thereof, as shown in Fig. 2.

After passing over the marker the fabric 34 extends about a rod 36, andthen around the rollers 8, 3 and ll, from which it extends to the finalWinding roller about which it is Wound. The Winding roller 37 is drivenin any'desired Way so that it is constantly winding or rolling up themarked fabric as the fabric passes through the machine, and has beenmarked by the marker.

It will be apparent that as the.fabric passes through the machine, itacts as a belt to rotate the marker and as each blade 30 contacts withthe marking roller 7, the fabric which is interposed between the bladeand the roller Will receive a line of color extending transversely ofthe length of .the material. As the blades are situated the desireddistance. apart. and are adjustable or regulatable to desired distances,the marks on the fabric' will thus be placed at equal and desireddistances apart so that the material can be readily and expeditiouslycut to the desired lengths thereafter.

The arrangement by which the material is caused to move through themachine is, of course, not restricted to the exact manner shown, as thismay be successfully carried out in various Ways, but the arrangementshown is a ,particularly expeditious and" efeetive one, as thematerial-is at all times held taut and without slack whereby veryaccurate measuring and marking is assured.

F rom the foregoing, it will be obvious that my invention not to berestricted to the ex'act embodiment shown, but is broad enough to coverall structures coming withln the scope of the annexed claims.

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Having described my invention, what lf claim is:

l. A machine of the class described, conn prising a rotatable markerhavino` a plurality of radially extending rods, blades adjustable onsaid rods, a marking roller and 'means for causing said marker to rotateand carry material to be measured and cause a Contact between each ofthe blades and the marking roller with the material interposed betweenthe blades and said roller.

2. A machine of the class described, comprising a frame, a rotatablelmarker mounted therein, bearings for said marker, a rotatable markingroller, means for moving and adjusting the bearings of the marker to andfrom the marking roller, a plurality of blades on the marker adaptedtosupport the mate-rial to be marked and means for adjusting said bladesto and from the axis of said marker.

3. A machine of the class described, com-v prising a frame, a shaftmounted therein, means for driving said shaft, a markingI roller, meansfor driving the saine, a rotatae ble marker, a plurality of radiallyentend ing rods on said marker, blades adir-.stably mounted on said rodsupon which the material to be marked is supported and 3 `leans forcausing said blades to carry said L:iate- 9 blades on said rods, saidblades being justable to and from the axis of said marker,

means for causing the marker to rotate and carry material to be measuredon said blades, means for applying a marking line to said material, saidblades being adapted to cause a contact of the material with the mark applying means.

5. A machine of the class described, comu prising a rotatable markerhaving a p12: arality of rods extending radially from its axis, bladeson said rods, said blades being adjustl able to and from the axis Vofsaid marker, a trough for holding a marking preparation; al rollermounted therein, another roller for receiving marking preparation fromthe first-mentioned roller, and means for causing said marker to rotateand carry material to be measured on the blades and cause a contactbetween each of the blades and the last-mentioned roller, with thematerial interposed between the blades and said roller.

6. A machine-of the class described, comprising a rotatable markerhaving a plurality of radially extending rods, blades extendinglongitudinally of said marker and ad iustably mounted on said rods, amarking roller, means for driving said roller, a trough for holding amarking preparation said trough and means for causing the disholding amarking preparation, a distributtributmg roller in the trough to be heldin ing roller in said trough, and a counter 10 Contact with said markingroller. weight for holding said distributing roller 7 A machine of theclass described, comin Contact with said marking roller. prising arotatable marker having a plu- Signed at the city, county and State ofrality of radially extending rods, blades New York, this 23rd day ofJuly, 1918. mounted on said rods, a marking roller, means for drivingsaid roller, a trough for JOHN HENRY HOFFMAN.

